Support: Core and System Information Files

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Using the case diagnostic tool (CDT), IWSVA generates core and/or system file(s) containing the system data held in memory when a process abnormally terminates. The Generate System Information File button is an extension of this feature, allowing you to package the current machine ”state” at the click of a button.

The core and/or system file(s) that IWSVA generates contains the following information:

Core files are first created in the first directory listed below, and then compressed and moved to the second directory listed:

/var/iwss/coredumps

/var/iwss/UserDumps

Use these files when working with Trend Micro technical support to help diagnose the cause of your problem. To view the files yourself, use a program like GDB, the GNU Project debugger.

While IWSVA is generating the core and/or system file(s), the application may encounter some conditions that prevents it from gathering all the possible diagnostic information. For instance, debug may be disabled, a core dump may not exists, or critical commands or files may not exist. In this case, IWSVA gathers as much information as possible and also records any encountered errors in a log file with comprehensive messages.

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